Anti-Asian Racism in Transatlantic Perspectives

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Sinophobia and anti-Asian hate made media headlines. The contributors to this volume discuss how anti-Asian projections and colonial-racist narratives have shaped modernity and Western immigrant nations, employing a transatlantic perspective in addressing different core dimensions of pervasive anti-Asian racism. Featuring an interdisciplinary approach, this volume brings together historians, social scientists, cultural anthropologists, media scholars, educational researchers, and community-based activists. Together they offer a diverse array of insights, ranging from historical contexts and theoretical frameworks to contemporary case studies.

Kien Nghi Ha, born in 1972, works as a postdoctoral researcher on postcolonial Asian German studies at Universität Tübingen. He completed his PhD in cultural studies at Universität Bremen and earned his diploma in political science at Freie Universität Berlin. He previously held research positions at universities in New York, Heidelberg and Bayreuth and curated projects at Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Hebbel am Ufer Theater and Sinema Transtopia in Berlin. His research, writing and curatorial work focus on postcolonial criticism, racism, migration and Asian diaspora studies.